Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt

Egypt: Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total was 0.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
16th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1988
All-time low
0.5%
in 2007
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.20.40.60.81988200320191988: 0.71 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.599 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.63 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.528 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.529 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.553 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.575 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.587 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.559 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.574 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.574 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.595 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.616 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.635 % of total employed population in working age2018: 0.629 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.641 % of total employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2019, informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt stood at 0.6%.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt peaked at 0.7% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2007.

Egypt ranks 16th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1988 0.7%
1998 0.6% -15.6%
2005 0.6% +5.2%
2007 0.5% -16.2%
2008 0.5% +0.2%
2009 0.6% +4.6%
2010 0.6% +3.9%
2011 0.6% +2.0%
2012 0.6% -4.8%
2013 0.6% +2.8%
2014 0.6% -0.1%
2015 0.6% +3.8%
2016 0.6% +3.6%
2017 0.6% +3.0%
2018 0.6% -0.9%
2019 0.6% +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt?
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in Egypt was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest informal job workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1988.
What is the lowest informal job workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2007.
How does Egypt rank for informal job workers, aged 15-64, total?
Egypt ranks 16th out of 40 countries with data for 2019.
Is informal job workers, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Egypt data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
40 places, 509 data points, 1980–2021
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